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Thanks to OPC UA, IDS NXT cameras can communicate with machines and controllers in the same language to exchange tasks and results immediately. The use of key ... TheNXTbigthing. WithIDSNXTwehavecreatedacompactembeddedvisionplatformforindustrialapplications.Thephilosophybehindthismarksaparadigmshift:Ourgoalisnolongertosimplydeveloppureimageprovidersintheformofindustrialcameras,buttooffereasy-to-useyetflexiblesystemsthatcanbeusedtoimplementallstepsofavisionsolution,fromimageacquisition,imageanalysisandprocessingtothecontrolofindustrialproductionmachines. Byperformingimageprocessingtasksdirectlyattheimagesource,IDSNXTcamerascanautonomouslygenerateresultsindependentofaPCtodirectlytriggersubsequentprocesses-thissimplifiesandacceleratesworkflows,ensuresalowernetworkloadandreducesenergyconsumption.WithaREST(RepresentationalStateTransfer)webserviceandtheOPCUAindustrialprotocol,theyofferstandardized,platform-independentinterfacesthatalloweasynetworkingwithotherdeviceclasseswithoutadditionalsoftwareorgateways.Asautonomouslyoperatingvisionsensors,IDSNXTcamerascanthereforebeideallyusedinIoT(InternetofThings)aswellasIIoT(IndustrialInternetofThings)tosupportfactoryautomation. TheIDSNXTplatformisconstantlyevolving.Throughsoftwareupdates,wecontinuouslysupplementthecapabilitiesoftheembeddedvisionplatformandtheall-in-oneinferencecamerapackageIDSNXTocean. "Weexpandthesoftware,youexpandyourpossibilities" TheAll-in-OneInferenceCameraPackage Artificialintelligenceforindustrialcameras Artificialintelligence(AI)opensupnewfieldsofapplicationforcameratechnologyandimageprocessing.Itmakesitpossibletosolvetasksinwhichclassic,rule-basedimageprocessingreachesitslimits.WiththeeasytouseALL-in-ONEinferencecamerapackageIDSNXTocean,anyone-evenwithoutprogrammingexperience-cancreatefullyautonomousinferencecamerasthatperformcompletelyindividualmachinevisiontasks.AndwiththehelpofthecloudsoftwareIDSNXTlighthouse,evenlaypersonswithoutanypriorknowledgeofartificialintelligencecantrainanAIclassifierwiththeirownimagedata,whichisimmediatelyexecutableonIDSNXTcameras.Usersonlyneedtheknowledgeabouttheirimagesandtheirevaluation. Hardware,software,infrastructure,knowledgeandsupportareoptimallycoordinatedandcomefromonesource.IDShasdevelopedboththetrainingsoftwareforneuralnetworksandthepowerfulAIcore("deepoceancore";FPGAtechnologythatexecutesneuralnetworkshardware-accelerated)forIDSNXTcameras. WiththeIDSNXToceanCreativeKit,customersreceiveallthenecessarycomponentstostartimplementingtheirownAIapplicationsimmediately.Thismakestheentryintodeeplearningbasedimageprocessingparticularlyeasy. READTECHNICALARTICLE"AIforall" Oneplatform,unlimitedpossibilities VisionApp-basedimageprocessing Thefunctionsofclassicvisionsensorsareusuallynarrowlydefinedandhardlyexpandable.IDSNXTshowsthatitworksdifferently.VisionAppsareakeycomponent:theyallowimageprocessingtasksonIDSNXTcamerastobeusedandchangedaseasilyasappsonasmartphone. Withthepre-installedVisionApps"Classifier"and"ObjectDetector"youcanperformmanydifferentimageanalysesbymeansofindividuallytrainedneuralnetworks,nomatterwhetheryouwanttoclassifyoneorseveralimagecontentsorfindknownobjects.WithIDSNXToceanandtheintuitivelyoperatedwebapplicationIDSNXTlighthouse,thisisparticularlyeasyandconvenient. Theapp-basedapproachcreatesuniversalapplicationpossibilitiesinnumerousfieldsofapplication,forexampleinmonitoringtasksusingfacerecognition,forqualityassuranceinsortingplantsortosupportincomingandoutgoinggoodsinspection.Theapplicationscenariosarevirtuallyunlimited. APPSOLUTELYINFERENT OpensystemforindividualAItasks Youwouldliketoimplementyourownimageprocessingsequencesorcombineclassificationorobjectrecognitionwithclassicalimageprocessingtasks?Noproblem.Developers,imageprocessorsandAIspecialistscanusetheIDSNXTVisionAppCreatortodelveevendeeperintotheIDSNXTsystemanddeveloptheirownvisionapps.Thisallowsyoutodesignthecamerasindividuallyaccordingtoyourownrequirements.ForaquickstarttoyourfirstownVisionApp,weprovideafullycoordinateddevelopmentenvironmentincludingdevelopmentlibrariesandsampleapps. INFERENDUSTRY4.0 Artificialintelligenceinfactoryautomation ThankstoOPCUA,IDSNXTcamerascancommunicatewithmachinesandcontrollersinthesamelanguagetoexchangetasksandresultsimmediately.Theuseofkeytechnologyallowstheintelligentcamerastobeintegrateddirectlyintofactoryautomationwithouttheneedforadditionalhardwareorprogramming. Thestandardizedindustrialprotocolthuscreatesthebasisfor"plugandproduce"withIDSNXTindustrialcameras.Thismeansthatthetimefromcommissioningtoproductiveuseinindustrialapplicationsisreducedtoaminimum. READTECHNICALARTICLE"Inferencebyrecipe" IDSNXTrio&rome Inferencecamerasinthehousingofstandardindustrialcameras IDSNXTocean Theall-in-oneinferencecamerapackage IDSNXTOceanTutorials MakeyourownpictureonourYouTubechannel Anyquestions? Simplycontactourteam,wewillbehappytohelpyou UPDATESFORIDSNXT HereyoufindthelatestnewsaboutIDSNXT It'ssoeasy!